Please help us to keep having these conversations by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/solomonsmith/membership A discussion with composer Samuel Andreyev about one of the central questions in creativity: Should artists refine one definitive style… or constantly try to reinvent themselves? The conversation introduces the idea of the mono-artist vs the poly-artist. A mono-artist finds a form and spends a lifetime refining it. A poly-artist evolves across styles, mediums, and artistic languages. We discuss composers like Stravinsky, Webern, Bach, Carter, and Messaien, as well as a host of examples from other forms, from film, painting, and literature. The discussion explores: • Why some artists need constant change to stay creative • Why others need to deepen a single artistic language • The pressures artists face from ...